Caspar
Americannoun
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one of the three Magi.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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About five years ago, community members caught wind of plans to chop down towering redwoods within Jackson, near the coastal town of Caspar.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
The author promises discoveries as well as a fresh take on the familiar, including 19th-century paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny, a violet Caspar David Friedrich moonscape and plenty of Georgia O’Keeffe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands won the men's 200m breaststroke, holding off a late charge from French star Leon Marchand to win in 2:01.63.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
That part of the case, Caspar said, is moving forward "full steam ahead," with discovery set to end in July.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025
In that same year, 1818, Caspar Wistar died, but he did gain a certain unexpected immortality when a botanist named Thomas Nuttall named a delightful climbing shrub after him.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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